Author: John P. Lynch

John P F Lynch has written several history, historical fiction books and a biography. Most books are in the Australian National Archives and in state libraries. The focus has been on colonial history in the 1850-1870 era, interrelated with an entertaining storyline. He has travelled extensively during his sixty-year career in aviation and has visited County Clare in Ireland and Cumbria in Northern England several times to research his books. John is a member of the Order of Australia, a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and a Fellow of the Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices. He is an ex-navy veteran and was the president of the Romsey/Lancefield RSL just on ten years. He is also a former president and secretary of the Romsey Football/Netball Club and a Life Member of both. He is a reserve member of the Macedon Ranges Legacy Group having served as a chairman of the group, board member of the Bendigo Club and long-standing Sergeant of Arms. His current main community involvement is as vice president of the Craigieburn War Memorial Remembrance Committee. He is now retired and lives with his wife in the Craigieburn Retirement Village in Victoria.